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DIGITAL CAMERA

  • US 20090066814A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2008
  • Published: 03/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital camera capable of setting a special shooting mode for shooting a plurality of images to be synthesized to form one image and comprising:

  • an imaging device;

    a strobe device;

    a storage unit temporarily storing at least one image shot by the imaging device;

    a shooting control circuit for controlling a shooting operation of the camera;

    an electrical battery serving as a power source for the imaging device, the strobe device, the storage unit and the shooting control circuit; and

    a power source control circuit for controlling electrical power supply from the electrical battery to the imaging device, the strobe device, the storage unit and the shooting control circuit as well as controlling charge of the strobe device,wherein the power source control circuit comprises a charge control unit charging the strobe device in a state where a temporary OFF mode is set, which stops the electrical power supply to the imaging device, the storage unit and the shooting control circuit in the case that a strobe shooting is conducted, and the charge control unit charges the strobe device without setting the temporary OFF mode in the case that the strobe shooting is conducted in a state where the special shooting mode is set.

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